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Smith</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Bennett_Smith_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Charles_Bennett_Smith_2.jpg/220px-Charles_Bennett_Smith_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Charles_Bennett_Smith_2.jpg/330px-Charles_Bennett_Smith_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Charles_Bennett_Smith_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="527" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/De_Alva_S._Alexander" title="De Alva S. Alexander">De Alva S. Alexander</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clarence_MacGregor" title="Clarence MacGregor">Clarence MacGregor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="New York36 !"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_36th_congressional_district" title="New York's 36th congressional district">36th district</a></span> (1911–1913)<br /><span data-sort-value="New York41 !"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_41st_congressional_district" title="New York's 41st congressional district">41st district</a></span> (1913–1919)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1870-09-14</span>)</span>September 14, 1870<br /><a href="/wiki/Sardinia,_New_York" title="Sardinia, New York">Sardinia, New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 21, 1939<span style="display:none">(1939-05-21)</span> (aged 68)<br /><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_New_York" title="Wilmington, New York">Wilmington, New York</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Mount Olivet Cemetery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Bennett Smith</b> (September 14, 1870 – May 21, 1939) was an American newspaperman and politician who served four terms as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> from 1911 to 1919. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bennett_Smith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Sardinia,_New_York" title="Sardinia, New York">Sardinia, New York</a>, Smith attended the district schools, and in 1886 graduated from Arcade Academy in <a href="/wiki/Arcade,_New_York" title="Arcade, New York">Arcade, New York</a>. He farmed, and subsequently became a railroad <a href="/wiki/Telegraphist" title="Telegraphist">telegraph operator</a>. </p><p>He was a reporter for the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Courier-Express" title="Buffalo Courier-Express">Buffalo Courier</a> from 1890 to 1893, and he became managing editor of the Buffalo Times in 1894. He later served as editor of the Buffalo Evening Enquirer and the Buffalo Morning Courier. </p><p>Smith was appointed a member of the Buffalo Board of School Examiners and served two years as its chairman. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congress">Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bennett_Smith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> to the <a href="/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress" title="62nd United States Congress">Sixty-second</a> and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919). In his first election in 1910 he won by one vote.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">Committee on Foreign Affairs</a> (<a href="/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress" title="62nd United States Congress">Sixty-second</a> Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce (<a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">Sixty-fourth</a> Congress), Committee on Patents (<a href="/wiki/65th_United_States_Congress" title="65th United States Congress">Sixty-fifth</a> Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the <a href="/wiki/66th_United_States_Congress" title="66th United States Congress">Sixty-sixth</a> Congress. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career_and_death">Later career and death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bennett_Smith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later career and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He engaged in commercial and industrial pursuits in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>. He was the state Superintendent of Standards and Purchases from 1935 until his death in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_New_York" title="Wilmington, New York">Wilmington, New York</a>, May 21, 1939. </p><p>He was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Tonawanda_(town),_New_York" title="Tonawanda (town), New York">Tonawanda, New York</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Bennett_Smith&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was married to Frances G. 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Root</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Aloysius_O%27Gorman" class="mw-redirect" title="James Aloysius O'Gorman">J. O'Gorman</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sereno_E._Payne" title="Sereno E. Payne">S. Payne</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Sulzer" title="William Sulzer">W. Sulzer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_E._Driscoll" title="Michael E. Driscoll">M. Driscoll</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Fitzgerald" title="John J. Fitzgerald">J. Fitzgerald</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_B._Vreeland" title="Edward B. Vreeland">E. Vreeland</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Draper_(congressman)" title="William Henry Draper (congressman)">W. Draper</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Goldfogle" title="Henry M. Goldfogle">H. Goldfogle</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_H._Lindsay" title="George H. Lindsay">G. Lindsay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Wilbur_Dwight" title="John Wilbur Dwight">J. Dwight</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_W._Bradley" title="Thomas W. Bradley">T. Bradley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Riordan" title="Daniel J. Riordan">D. Riordan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Emory_Andrus" title="John Emory Andrus">J. Andrus</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_M._Calder" title="William M. Calder">W. Calder</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_Burton_Harrison" title="Francis Burton Harrison">F. Harrison</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_E._Wilson_(politician)" title="Frank E. Wilson (politician)">F. Wilson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Winthrop_Fairchild" title="George Winthrop Fairchild">G. Fairchild</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_V._Fornes" title="Charles V. Fornes">C. Fornes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_R._Malby" title="George R. Malby"><i>G. Malby</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_F._Conry" title="Michael F. Conry">M. Conry</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Driscoll" title="Daniel A. Driscoll">D. Driscoll</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_S._Simmons_(New_York_politician)" title="James S. Simmons (New York politician)">J. Simmons</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Monroe_Levy" title="Jefferson Monroe Levy">J. Levy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Theron_Akin" title="Theron Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#F8F9FA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Beckwith_Ayres" title="Steven Beckwith Ayres">S. Ayers</a> (ID)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Connell" title="Richard E. Connell">R. Connell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_G._Danforth" title="Henry G. Danforth">H. Danforth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._De_Forest" title="Henry S. De Forest">H. De Forest</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_George_Jr." title="Henry George Jr.">H. George Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Kindred" title="John J. Kindred">J. Kindred</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_W._Littleton" title="Martin W. Littleton">M. Littleton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_P._Maher" title="James P. Maher">J. Maher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Luther_W._Mott" title="Luther W. Mott">L. Mott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Patten" title="Thomas G. Patten">T. Patten</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_C._Redfield" title="William C. Redfield">W. Redfield</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C. Smith</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Talcott" title="Charles A. Talcott">C. Talcott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_S._Underhill" title="Edwin S. Underhill">E. Underhill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Albert_Merritt" title="Edwin Albert Merritt"><i>E. Merritt</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress" title="63rd United States Congress">63rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Elihu_Root" title="Elihu Root">E. Root</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Aloysius_O%27Gorman" class="mw-redirect" title="James Aloysius O'Gorman">J. O'Gorman</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sereno_E._Payne" title="Sereno E. Payne">S. Payne</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Fitzgerald" title="John J. Fitzgerald">J. Fitzgerald</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Goldfogle" title="Henry M. Goldfogle">H. Goldfogle</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Riordan" title="Daniel J. Riordan">D. Riordan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_M._Calder" title="William M. Calder">W. Calder</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Goulden" title="Joseph A. Goulden">J. Goulden</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_Burton_Harrison" title="Francis Burton Harrison"><i>F. Harrison</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frank_E._Wilson_(politician)" title="Frank E. Wilson (politician)">F. Wilson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Winthrop_Fairchild" title="George Winthrop Fairchild">G. Fairchild</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_F._Conry" title="Michael F. Conry">M. Conry</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Driscoll" title="Daniel A. Driscoll">D. Driscoll</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Monroe_Levy" title="Jefferson Monroe Levy">J. Levy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Sullivan" title="Timothy Sullivan"><i>T. Sullivan</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_G._Danforth" title="Henry G. Danforth">H. Danforth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_George_Jr." title="Henry George Jr.">H. George</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_P._Maher" title="James P. Maher">J. Maher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Luther_W._Mott" title="Luther W. Mott">L. Mott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Patten" title="Thomas G. Patten">T. Patten</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C. Smith</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Talcott" title="Charles A. Talcott">C. Talcott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_S._Underhill" title="Edwin S. Underhill">E. Underhill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Albert_Merritt" title="Edwin Albert Merritt">E. Merritt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lathrop_Brown" title="Lathrop Brown">L. Brown</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruckner" title="Henry Bruckner">H. Bruckner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_F._Carew" title="John F. Carew">J. Carew</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#B63434;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_M._Chandler" title="Walter M. Chandler">W. Chandler</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_R._Clancy" title="John R. Clancy">J. Clancy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_H._Dale" title="Harry H. Dale">H. Dale</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_J._Dooling" title="Peter J. Dooling">P. Dooling</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Dunn" title="Thomas B. Dunn">T. Dunn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Gittins" title="Robert H. Gittins">R. Gittins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Griffin" title="Daniel J. Griffin">D. Griffin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Mann_Hamilton" title="Charles Mann Hamilton">C. Hamilton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_McClellan_(New_York_politician)" title="George McClellan (New York politician)">G. McClellan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herman_A._Metz" title="Herman A. Metz">H. Metz</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_H._O%27Brien" title="James H. O'Brien">J. O'Brien</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Woodson_R._Oglesby" title="Woodson R. Oglesby">W. Oglesby</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denis_O%27Leary" title="Denis O'Leary">D. O'Leary</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_S._Parker" title="James S. Parker">J. Parker</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Platt" title="Edmund Platt">E. Platt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_I._Taylor" title="Benjamin I. Taylor">B. Taylor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_G._Ten_Eyck" title="Peter G. Ten Eyck">P. Ten Eyck</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Wallin" title="Samuel Wallin">S. Wallin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacob_A._Cantor" title="Jacob A. Cantor"><i>J. Cantor</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Loft" title="George W. Loft"><i>G. Loft</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">64th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_New_York" title="List of United States senators from New York">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Aloysius_O%27Gorman" class="mw-redirect" title="James Aloysius O'Gorman">J. O'Gorman</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Wolcott_Wadsworth_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.">J. Wadsworth Jr.</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_J._Fitzgerald" title="John J. Fitzgerald">J. Fitzgerald</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Riordan" title="Daniel J. Riordan">D. Riordan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Goulden" title="Joseph A. Goulden">J. Goulden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_Winthrop_Fairchild" title="George Winthrop Fairchild">G. Fairchild</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_F._Conry" title="Michael F. Conry">M. Conry</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Driscoll" title="Daniel A. Driscoll">D. Driscoll</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Stiles_Bennet" title="William Stiles Bennet">W. Bennet</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_G._Danforth" title="Henry G. Danforth">H. Danforth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_P._Maher" title="James P. Maher">J. Maher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Luther_W._Mott" title="Luther W. Mott">L. Mott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_G._Patten" title="Thomas G. Patten">T. Patten</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C. Smith</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruckner" title="Henry Bruckner">H. Bruckner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_F._Carew" title="John F. Carew">J. Carew</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#B63434;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Walter_M._Chandler" title="Walter M. Chandler">W. Chandler</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_H._Dale" title="Harry H. Dale">H. Dale</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peter_J._Dooling" title="Peter J. Dooling">P. Dooling</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Dunn" title="Thomas B. Dunn">T. Dunn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Griffin" title="Daniel J. Griffin">D. 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